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Wednesday, October 11, 2017

I have a card to share featuring ScrapBerry's Rhapsody in Blue collection with the darling Sweetheart 2 Stamp Set. Isn't this girl so sweet and adorable? I enjoyed pulling out my Zig Real Brush Watercolor markers to color her.

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I wanted to keep the background cleaner than usual to keep the focus on the stamped image, but did create a couple flower clusters featuring ScrapBerry's gorgeous White Gardenia and White & Blue Cherry Blossoms. I've tucked in prills and chunky glass glitter for added texture.

Here's the other flower cluster. You can see here how I used two different designs from the Raphsody in Blue 6x6 Paper Collection. I inked the edges if the die cut piece with ScrapBerry's Blue Stains Ink Pad.

The focal piece of this sweet card is this adorable stamped image. I used permanent black ink to stamp her onto watercolor paper and colored her with Zig Watercolor Real Brush Markers. She was so easy to color. The lines of the stamp help show where to shade. Once colored and dry, I fussy cut this sweet image and colored the edges with a black marker for nice finished edges.

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

I've created a summery card featuring the gorgeous ScrapBerry's Ocean Enchantment Collection. I wanted to celebrate the final days of summer with these sweet summery colors and beachy accents.

FTC Disclosure: I am currently working as a freelance designer for ScrapBerry's. While I am compensated in product, I maintain the freedom as an independent designer to say what I truly think of these products and will not recommend something that I don’t personally use and enjoy.

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I paired a mix of beautiful ScrapBerry's paper flowers with a triple loop bow tied with Light Yellow Shabby Ribbon and Polymer Items. I've also fussy cut starfish to tuck into the fish netting. All of the elements are brushed with white gesso to give a weathered feel.

All of the polymer items including this conch shell were painted with clear gesso, then a blend of Stains Ink colors followed by a little dry brushing with white gesso to weather.

The background is spattered with blue color mist and white gesso.

The Ocean Enchantment includes gorgeous sentiments including the "Dreams Come True" block I used here, matted with blue cardstock.

Monday, September 18, 2017

I have been busy playing with the Creativity Add On Prima IOD Paper Clay and Keyhole Mould along with the Martha Stewart Antique Molds to make some fabulous embellishments. I've used them to create this set of Artist Trading cards along with a process video tutorial sharing all the details from how to use the paper clay and molds, to how I colored these sweet gems with waxes and metallic paints.FTC Disclosure: I am currently working as a freelance designer for Scraps of Elegance. While I am compensated in product, I maintain the freedom as an independent designer to say what I truly think of these products and will not recommend something that I don’t personally use and enjoy.

Monday, September 11, 2017

Today I have an altered frame to share with you featuring gorgeous ScrapBerry's flowers, stamps, and the Nature's Spirit Collection. I'm always on the look out for things to alter and recently found this wire flower pot frame in a thrift store. It was silver with dated enameled wire tulips across the top. I changed the color with alcohol inks and added beautiful ScrapBerry's products to transform it into a trendy mixed media home decor piece.

Football is a popular sport in northeast Ohio. My sister started a tradition back when our son was born, giving him his first Cleveland Browns outfit (our local team). When his daughter was born, of course she just had to give her a little Cleveland Browns cheerleader romper. Our daughter-in-law took this sweet photo of the two of them dressed for the start of football season recently, and I couldn't resist using the team's brown and orange colors to decorate the frame for this sweet photo that I will be giving to her.

The theme of the September/October challenge at ScrapBerry's is Autumn Splendor.

FTC Disclosure: I am currently working as a freelance designer for ScrapBerry's. While I am compensated in product, I maintain the freedom as an independent designer to say what I truly think of these products and will not recommend something that I don’t personally use and enjoy.

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I've featured Brown Curly Roses paired with Yellow and Orange Stemmed Lilies across the top of the frame. I die cut the leaves from one of the Nature's Spirit sheets in the 6x6" pad, crinkled them, and rubbed with ink to highlight the texture. They fit perfectly over the metal leaves that are part of the frame. For added texture and to hide the wire stems, I added pearls and prills.

I just adore these sweet leaves from ScrapBerry's Free Spirit stamp set. I stamped them onto white cardstock with permanent black ink, fussy cut, then blended blue and green Stains Ink Pads over them to color along with a little bit of Vintage Photo Distress Ink to add a grungy feel. The resulting teal color pairs perfectly with the orange and brown flowers and "rusty" flower pot.

This sentiment from the Dream On Set is stamped and colored the same way as the feathers. Rather than fussy cutting, I tore around the words, then colored. And ahem, yes, the browns haven't had a winning season in a decade and only won a single game last year, so this sentiment is perfect!

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Hi everyone, it's Tracey back with a new Mixed Media layout and process video tutorial featuring the gorgeous "Country Chic" Scraps of Elegance July Kit. Our darling granddaughter enjoys her tree swing by the lake as you can see by her captivating smile. This 49 & Market Cottage Life paper creates a perfect backdrop for this sweet photo.

FTC Disclosure: I am currently working as a freelance designer for Scraps of Elegance. While I am compensated in product, I maintain the freedom as an independent designer to say what I truly think of these products and will not recommend something that I don’t personally use and enjoy.

Monday, August 28, 2017

I'm sharing a sweet card featuring the ScrapBerry's Japanese Dreams Collection along with gorgeous flowers, ribbon and resin pieces. I like to have a few cards in my stash ready to go for any event, so I'll add a quick sentiment at a later time.

FTC Disclosure: I am currently working as a freelance designer for ScrapBerry's. While I am compensated in product, I maintain the freedom as an independent designer to say what I truly think of these products and will not recommend something that I don’t personally use and enjoy.

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I used a variety of Scrapberry's Chrysanthemun, Cherry Blossoms, and Stemmed Lilies to create a floral cluster. A double loop bow is tied with Light Pink Shabby Ribbon. You can see a resin flower, flair button, and crystal sticker tucked in to fill out the cluster and the polymer flourish is rubbed with gold wax to highlight the texture. Sisal fiber and Prills from my stash are added for texture.

I used a Winter Joy Pearl Sticker Applique to create a butterfly trail for this sweet diecut butterfly.

The background is stenciled with a script image and molding paste onto the background and spritzed with gold and pink color spray to highlight.

A video tutorial showing how to create these butterflies can be found HERE.

Monday, August 14, 2017

Our little granddaughter just turned 6 months old, and I had a little photo shoot with her. This is one of the darling photos I took that day with her mommy standing behind me to get this precious smile! The Scraps of Elegance June "Birds of a Feather" was a dream to work with and the blue flowers and elements accent her big blue eyes so beautifully. I have a process video tutorial to share with you showing how I created this page.

Some of the techniques I share include:

Creating a mixed media background with Distress Oxide Ink along with visual texture using the 49 and Market Scripted Square Stamp

Chipboard with layered heat embossing

How to create your own DIY glitter medium

Coloring resin elements

Adding texture with prills and glass glitter.

FTC Disclosure: I am currently working as a freelance designer for Scraps of Elegance. While I am compensated in product, I maintain the freedom as an independent designer to say what I truly think of these products and will not recommend something that I don’t personally use and enjoy.

FTC COMPENSATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

I am blessed to work in an industry I love. In the spirit of full disclosure, I am currently working as a freelance designer in some capacity for the following companies: Scraps of Elegance and ScrapBerry's. While I am compensated by these companies in product, I maintain the freedom as an independent designer to say what I truly think of their products. I will never recommend something that I don't personally use and enjoy.